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Thousands demonstrate in Iraqi cities over shrine blast, Shiite, Sunni, Talabani

(23 Feb 2006) AP Television Kut 1. Wide shot of thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslims gathered together at demonstration, carrying Iraqi flags and placards of religious leaders 2. Mid shot demonstrators 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) (no name given), Representative of the Shiite cleric, Mahmoud al-Sarki: ''Why did they bomb the dome at this time? Why wasn't it hit before? Beware. I swear by God, it is a political game not a religious one. Beware of sectarian war, through which they want to humiliate you and divide you.'' 4. Two shots of demonstrators gathered 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salih Nadim, Sunni cleric: ''I swear by God, it is sedition. They want to uproot Islam. But it is impossible, they won't be able to do so. We are all followers of prophet Mohammed. Be patient.'' 6. Mid shot demonstrators chanting ''No to America'' POOL Baghdad 7. Cutaway of reporters 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iraqi president Jalal Talabani: "We strongly condemn the attacks on the holy shrines, but at the same time we strongly reject the reactions which serve the plans of criminals who want to set the hatred. So, we should not at any circumstances ignore the attacks on mosques in Baghdad, Basra, other places and the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic party." AP Television Najaf 9. Various Shiite protesters marching, holding banners and chanting 10. Women dressed in chadours marching behind banner, followed by men marching behind banner 11. Closer shot demonstration 12. Men holding picture of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, marching 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Mohammed Mossa, Spokesman for the office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala : "We hold the crusaders (meaning US forces) responsible for the bombing. We demand that the government protect the holy shrines and we are waiting orders from top Shiite clerics " 14. Various protesters chanting outside Holy Shrine of Iman Ali Basra 15. Various of protestors with placards of leading Shiite clerics including Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Baghdad 16. Set up for Abdul-Salam al-Kubeisi, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars: 17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul-Salam al-Kubeisi, Spokesman for the Association of Muslim Scholars: ''There is a long list of setting Sunni mosques on fire. About 168 mosques were either burned or occupied.'' 18. Journalists 19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul-Salam al-Kubeisi, Spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars: '' We have 10 martyrs of Imams of these mosque. They (the attackers have stormed their houses and mosques and sprayed them with bullets.'' 20. Wide press conference Samawah 21. Wide shot demonstrators with militiamen in back of vehicles 22. Closer shot above 23. Demonstrators chanting and brandishing weapons STORYLINE: The destruction of the dome of a revered Shiite shrine sent crowds of angry Shiites into the streets in cities across Iraq on Thursday as the nation braced itself for a wave of sectarian violence. No group has admitted responsibility for Wednesday's attack on the 1,200-year-old Askariya shrine in Samarra, 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Baghdad, but suspicion fell on Sunni extremist groups such as al-Qaida in Iraq led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In a show of unity though, more than thirty-thousand Shiite and Sunni Muslims demonstrated together in the Shiite city of Kut, 190 kilometres (118 miles) south of Baghdad. Both Shiite and Sunni leaders took turns to address the crowds, warning them that Iraq could fall deeper into sectarian violence. Angry crowds denounced the attack and chanted anti-American slogans. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...